5th Anniversary of ELIXIR Portugal
Event Information
About this Event
ELIXIR Portugal is completing 5 years of excellence in supporting research, training and innovation in the national scientific system through management and advanced analysis of biological data. To celebrate this occurring, ELIXIR Portugal has decided to organize a dedicated day at the 10th Edition of the Bioinformatics Open Days to showcase what has been done in the past few years but also to foster an active discussion regarding the increasingly emerging fields of bioinformatics and data management.
Programme
11h30 - Opening by Mário Gaspar da Silva
11h45 - Panel I: Bioinformatics and Biological Data Management (Chaired by Mário Gaspar da Silva)
Insights from the State-of-the-art and a Look to the Future by Niklas Blomberg
Tracked Roads and Roads to Track by Arlindo Oliveira
14h30 - Panel II: Training in Bioinformatics and Biological Data Management (Chaired by Cátia Pesquita)
Teaching Bioinformatics and Biological Data Management in Portugal - a vision from 2026 by Miguel Rocha
Training in Bioinformatics and Biological Data Management worldwide - a vision from 2026 by Celia van Gelder
15h45 - Round table: The ELIXIR-PT Data Framework and Domain-specific Data Challenges (Chaired by Ana Teresa Freitas)
Health Data by Carla Oliveira
Marine Resources by Cymon Cox
Industrial Microbiology by Isabel Rocha
New Drugs by Irina Moreira
Plant Sciences by Célia Miguel
17h00 - Closing Remarks by José Pereira Leal
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